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2) Just Lizzie
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
310 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Lizzie knows what she's not. She's not at home in her new house on the other side of town, after an incident with a neighbor forced her family to move. She's not ready to say goodbye to the wild apple tree in her old backyard, or to her older brother, who just left home for his first semester of college. She's definitely not happy to be taking women's self-defense with her sworn-enemy PE teacher. And unlike her best friend--and seemingly...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
374 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aniana Del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago. Until the Ani's stiffness and swollen joints mean she can no longer get out of bed, and Ani is forced to reveal just how important swimming is to her. Mami forbids her from returning to the water, but Ani and her doctor believe that...
Author
Series
Farah Rocks volume 1
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
134 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fifth grader Farah Hajjar and her best friend, Allie Liu, are excited to apply to the Magnet Academy. For years they've been dreaming about attending middle school there. But when new girl Dana starts bullying Farah's little brother, Samir, Farah isn't sure she can leave her brother behind.
Meanwhile, Allie is getting friendly with Dana's friends, Farah's mama and baba are stressed over work and money, and Farah's teachers don't seem to think the...
Author
Series
Farah Rocks volume 3
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's summer break, and Farah is eager to attend a geology camp at her new school. But with car trouble and other family expenses, Farah's parents can't afford to send her. Taking matters into her own hands, Farah takes various jobs, including selling items at a yard sale, mowing neighbors' lawns, and finally starting her own tutoring business. When Farah discovers that someone is sabotaging her business by taking down her flyers, she's shocked. Can...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
361 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"You're fat," Nick Fisher said, and the whole entire hallway fell silent. And then he said it again. "You're fat. And everyone thinks it."
Something like that happens to you--something like what happened to me in fourth grade--and it never leaves your head. It's in there. Forever. Permanently.
And it's not long before you don't even need to Nick Fisher's of the world to be there to tell you what they think of you--you become your own bully.
And...
7) Snow Struck
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
326 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Neither Elizabeth nor her little brother, Matty, have ever been north of Georgia. They're used to sandals and shorts, not boots and parkas. So when they fly to New York City to spend the holidays with their cousin Ashley, they want to experience one thing: SNOW.
Ashley can't wait to show her cousins how magical Manhattan is at Christmas time. But instead of a week of fun, what they get is an arctic blast that knocks out the power and plunges the...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
343 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anna Hunt may be new to East Middle School, but she can already tell there's something weird going on in her eighth-grade class. Rachel Riley, who just last year was one of the most popular girls in school, has become a social pariah. No one will talk to her. No one will talk about her. And no one will tell Anna how it all started. Including Rachel herself.
As a die-hard podcast enthusiast, Anna knows there's always more to a story than meets the...
9) Bounce Back
Author
Series
Bounce Back volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
261 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lilico's life in Japan is going well. She has great friends and is the captain of the school's basketball team. She's happy! Then comes her parents' news: they're moving to America! Before she knows it, Lilico finds herself forced to start all over. And that won't be easy with her closest friends thousands of miles away and a school bully who immediately dislikes her.
Luckily, anime-loving Nala and Henry eventually befriend Lilico. With help from...
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion, an imprint of Buena Vista Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Edition,
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
305 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Simon O'Keefe tells a lot of stories: like how his family was driven out of Omaha by alpacas. And how his church-deacon dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. And how his undertaker mom occasionally has to wrangle emus.
But the story Simon doesn't tell is the one he'd do anything to forget: Simon is the only survivor of a school shooting. That story has followed him everywhere--everywhere except his new home in the National Quiet Zone,...
Author
Series
Farah Rocks volume 4
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her little brother faces a lengthy stay in the hospital, Farah is sent to visit her grandmother in Florida. Sitti Fayrouz doesn't speak much English, and she has rules about everything. Even worse, Farah manages to make an enemy out of one of her grandmother's neighbors--before she even arrives in Florida. Will Farah find a way to have fun being the only kid in a retirement community, or will she spend the trip worrying about her brother and...
Author
Publisher
Imprint, a part of Macmillan Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In journal entries alternating between two timelines--before and after a tragic accident--Jennie Englund's heartfelt coming-of-age story, Taylor Before and After follows the year that changes one girl's life forever."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
298 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Archie's life--and the whole world--is turned upside down by COVID-19.
Suddenly there are no more Friday-night dinners out, no more leaving for school, no more hanging out with friends... no leaving the house at all.
Even though he's inside with his family all day every day, Archie feels more alone than ever. While everyone else seems to be adapting to their new normal just fine, it's like Archie is permanently on mute, unable to find the words...
14) Drawing Deena
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
232 pages : 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Deena’s never given a name to the familiar knot in her stomach that appears when her parents argue about money, when it’s time to go to school, or when she struggles to find the right words. She manages to make it through each day with the help of her friends and the art she loves to make.
While her parents’ money troubles cause more and more stress, Deena wonders if she can use her artistic talents to ease their burden. She creates a logo and...
15) School trip
Author
Series
New kid volume 3
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jordan, Drew, Liam, and the rest of their friends from Riverdale Academy Day School are finally heading out on their long-awaited school trip to Paris. As an aspiring artist himself, Jordan can't wait to see all the amazing art in the famous city of lights.
When their trusted faculty guides are replaced at the last minute, the school trip takes an unexpected--and hilarious--turn. But trying to find their way around a foreign city ends up being almost...
16) Ferris
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a ghost shows up at the threshold to Ferris's grandmother Charisse's room, Ferris worries that she's there to take Charisse to the Great Beyond. But Charisse says that the ghost has something else in mind--something unpredictable, a task that's impractical and illuminating. But how can Ferris focus on completing an assignment for a ghost when her little sister is terrorizing the town, her uncle keeps sending her to spy on her aunt, and the house...
Author
Publisher
Random House, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition,
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nothing has gone right for Lawrence since his Pop went away, but after getting expelled from school for fighting, he discovers the world of chess and things begin to change.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Shaindy Goodman feels awkward, over-looked. Across the street and in another league, elegant Gayil, lives the life of a queen bee, gorgeous, liked and admired, the perfect Bais Yaakov Middle School girl. Even her school uniform looks chic. So it's more than a shock when Shaindy sees Gayil in the window looking at her and holding a sign with five little words: want to know a secret?
Gayil's found a way to break into their school after hours; and asks...
Author
Series
Misfits volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Olive Cobin-Zang has... issues. And they mostly aren't her fault (no, really!). Though she often slips under the radar, problems have a knack for finding her. So imagine her doubts when she's suddenly dropped off at the strangest boarding school ever: a former castle turned prison that's now a "reforming arts school"!
But nothing could've prepared Olive for RASCH (not "rash"). There, she's lumped with a team of misfits and discovers that the academy...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Herc Beal knows who he's named after--a mythical hero--but he's no superhero. He's the smallest kid in his class. So when his homeroom teacher at his new middle school gives him the assignment of duplicating the mythical Hercules's amazing feats in real life, he's skeptical. After all, there are no Nemean Lions on Cape Cod--and not a single Hydra in sight.
Missing his parents terribly and wishing his older brother wasn't working all the time, Herc...